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The hilarious thing with the Lindy Ruff hiring in Buffalo is everyone yelled, "nostalgia hire!" and Kevyn Adams assured the fanbase it was not a nostalgia hire. Terry Pegula then proceeded to go on a nostalgia-rambled speech at the introductory conference, and Kevyn looked like he wanted to die. Fun times here in Buffalo!
Kevyn beat Lindy as a player for the cup in ‘06. Lindy IS Buffalo. He is a great coach. I think it’s a good move. As a Canes fan…I predict Buffalo replaces the Canes in next years playoffs.
Ruff will be as good as his assistants allow him to be. Be prepared for nonsensical defensive pairings, though. He continually ignored advice from the front office to stop pairing Luke Hughes with Brendan Smith.
Even if we never make the playoffs again, I still love the Sabres. Ruff is not a bad coach my any means, but I feel Terry Pegula has his fingers in the pie way too much. He needs to let people who know hockey make decisions; not him or his wife. The Pegulas do NOT know hockey.
As a Seattle fan, I will take these first three years with really no issue. Considering there are teams out there who have struggled for several years and some close to ten years, I am not worried. We got some great prospects and if we can get a top notch goal scorer, I think we will be right back in the playoff hunt.
I remember when no one wanted to play the 3 calforina teams ducks sharks and kings from 2006 to 2015 the pacific division used to a tough one now it's changed alot.
Excited to continue to watch you through the post season. Got big into the nitty gritty of the league after finding your channel. Excited to finally not feel lost with all the moves that happen over the summer.
@@ThirdEye3pic I wish I could wear hats. Whenever I put one on I go from being a 40 year old who looks 25 to someone who looks 12. I just cant do that haha.
Just looked at the 1987-1988 season. The Oilers won the cup on May25..The season was Oct6-May25...It would be nice for the NHL to get back to a reasonable schedule...
I wish the regular season would start latest on October 5th and the final Cup game clinched on June 10th latest. I would prefer it ended before June 1st but with 32 teams now and 82 games per team, it would be not possible.
I think we could back off to 72 or even 76 regular season games - that would move things ahead a few weeks. But I suspect it is the TV advertising money that will keep us at 82, which is too long.
What was so irritating about the Green hire was that no only did they choose the worst possible coach out of the bunch, the decision was so quick. It was as if they were dying to give the coach who finished under DJ Smith in the bubble season a shot. Boudreau wants to coach again. Keefe got fired. What's "best in class here"? This is just gonna send Brady packing and the franchise into another rebuild.
I like and agree with the insight given by Shannon on most of these teams. My only suggestion for a video like this in the future would be a final verdict that summarizes each team's direction after the overall opinion is shared. Are they trending upward, downward or middling?
State of the league by THG i love it. his profound knowledge of every team is shining in this video. the GM-Coach pairing for every team is very under rated, it shows stablilty and growth (or lack of) for teams rebuilding. Detroit, Montreal and Chicago's pairing have a stable path ahead of them while Buffalo, Ottawa and Calgary have a lot of stability uncertainty.
Enjoyed your video as usual. Really hope the NHL doesn't expand any further. There IS such a thing as over-expanding your franchises to the point where your business is too big for its own good. And as stupid as this sounds, 32 franchises is a satisfying number. It's perfectly binary and fills 4 divisions compactly. Where does the NHL need to expand that hasn't been tried already? Leave it alone.
Sidney Crosby has gotten the penguins three Stanley cups I think missing the postseason for two seasons isn’t that bad based on their situation try being a rangers fan like me when I had to watch the greatest ranger goalie in 2014 lose to the kings and consistently choking in ecf since 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The jets looked like an average team in late October when Bones took a break to be with his Wife after her health concerns, and that 3-4 week gap where Arniel filled in is where the Jets really found their identity, started winging strong, and was playing very well together. I like Arniel's more aggressive style, as Bones was often too plain/conservative for my likin. Looking forward to see the team that Chevy and Scott will ice next season.
Not thrilled about Arniel. And i have to agree with THG, hellebuyk did not play his best and looked like a fish out of water for some goals that shouldve been saved. I'll give Arniel a chance, but not expecting a lot.
Yes, that was helpful, but any GM needs to add pieces around those guys in order to play for Stanley. One line does not get you there. Lot of people knock the Oilers for poor defence, awful goaltending, bad player development, no depth, yada yada yada. Yet, they're a final four team this year and a heartbeat away from playing for the Cup. That didn't happen by magic. A lot of shrewd moves had to be made. Some bad moves and a lot of excellent decisions.
If Buffalo and Ottawa don't upgrade their goaltending and bring in the right veterans (not just stop gap players who have played a lot of games) they're probably in the same place again next season. The desperate need to upgrade goaltending is a common NHL problem, partly due to Hockey Canada spending too much money covering up scandals and not enough supporting the development of the next generation of goalies. The Oilers and Maple Leafs are like funhouse mirror images of each other, in terms of weaknesses on the blueline, goaltending, and depth, but one team's top players seem to do a lot better in the playoffs.
I’m excited about the next season in Anaheim. It’s time to see which young defensemen are ready to come up. And the forward situation is doing ok, just need to assemble some lines that can stay together long enough to build some chemistry.
The Jets didn't really get going this season until Arniel was running the show during Bone's time with his wife. I know alot of people who didn't want the Jets to pick him as the next coach, but I'm curious if the Jets would have had a better result - and no annual post-all-star lull - if Bone's retired to stay with the family and Ariel took over the head coach for the entire season. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Nashville fan here! Proud of what we did this year. What you said about the team getting a little bit worse really felt like the truth. I hope Brunette and Trotz can get us back to where we can win a series. Barry Trotz goes to my church, too.
For Carolina Hurricanes, from living here in Raleigh, you had it right on Rod being loved. I and I think majority of NC folks love Rod. I for one think in fairly near future Rods gonna be much more well known and appreciated.
Detroit got screwed in the "tie breaker". Yes- it's their own fault they didn't win one more game ... But NEVER have I heard of a "tie breaker" that rewards losses over WINS.
As a Detroiter, thank you for taking responsibility for our team's woes. It's so hurtful seeing what the team's been considering where they were in the 90s and 00s.
Only thing stopping NJ from being back in the playoffs is Fitzy. He needs to get some grit, dont overpay for Markstrom or saros. Go after Ullmark and Gustavsson first and need one LD vet who is a hitter/blocker. Jersey is too analytic heavy thats another reason why fitzy waited too long to do anything, Loads of pressure on Fitzy, i can see it already Fitzy loses the GM role to the assistant Madigan.
Yes, all moves he should've made last year...and the year before...and the year before. FItz has proven inept and this team will never be a consistent legitimate contender with Fitzgerald as GM. Until you have a a GM that doesn't punt on entire seasons. Fitz said last years playoff season was "miraculous" and that "The NHL is hard". Until you have a GM that expects and demands success NJ will continue to have the same exact problems.
Kings Best case scenario- make playoffs, bumped in 1st round Worst case scenario- the above happens and Kopitar is still 1C, Doughty is still 1RD and Rob Blake is back again in 2025/2026. So yea, us Kings dans aren’t super excited for our future.
It isn’t really that bad. Byfield looks great, Kempe is the most terrifying player every year in the playoffs, Brandt Clarke is still on the way, and PLD can’t possibly be as bad as he was this season. All that you guys need is goaltending and those first round series can be way different. As much as I would like to not have to worry about the Kings anymore (every year that the Oilers face them in the first round still gives me the willies), I keep thinking that they aren’t really going anywhere any time soon.
I suspect the issue of varying state income tax rates is often exaggerated. For example, the rate in Massachusetts is only 5%. The accountants and financial advisers available to multimillionaires should be able to overcome this small difference if a player chooses Boston over Dallas or a Florida team. (Keep in mind that states with low state taxes tend to have high local property taxes, which shouldn't be surprising.) On the other hand, the taxes in the 3 highest states--California (14.63%), New Jersey (11.8%), New York (11.7%)--might dissuade some players from signing there.
@@xlr0gd205 Urban states need more tax revenue to pay for expensive infrastructure (New Jersey is the most densely populated state). Large, rural states might have low state taxes because the few roads are maintained by county taxes. I live in Rhode Island, the second-most densely populated state. Our state tax rate (5.99%) is not as high as I thought, because every so often, one of those lists of states with the highest tax or debt burdens is published. They always list Rhode Island as among the worst, but we're so small we have no county government (beside courthouses) and therefore no county taxes or debt. I've never understood why everything is so expensive in California, even compared to other states with large cities.
Holland has been hand cuffed by Chairelli ever since he took the job. He was in on Zadorov, Tanev, Soucey, Myers, Markstrom, none of whom wanted to come to Edmonton. Yes Holland has had some misses but overall has been great given Edmonton's specific situation. I think too many Oiler fans play NHL GM mode and think they could do better.
I don't know that those are misses so much as didn't like the price so opted out of those trades. Unless it is that you're talking about signings, and even then it's the price again, and bullets dodged. I don't know that adding any of those players to the Oilers current roster moves the needle at all.
Needless to say, Holland took a garbage Oilers squad with mcdavid and draisatl and brought them to 2 conference finals appearances in his 5 years there, the ekholm trade is one of the best trades in the NHL in the last how many years, the Hyman signing easily one of the best free agent signings in recent memory, bolstered the depth of the team or should I say actually got depth on this team. I’m a big Ken Holland fan here, the best GM this team has had in years. And Detroit fans think he messed their team up, after delivering 3 Stanley cups, or was it 4?
Blake is spinning the wheel for sure on DuBois. But I can understand not wanting to buy out that contract and giving him another year to realize his potential, because the way it stands now a buyout means keeping a pretty big anchor on the cap for a LONG time.
The kings are so annoying right now genuinely all of the pieces are there good veteran players, talented young guys, strong though not excellent goaltending but they just insist on forcing 1-3-1 hockey against teams that tear through the trap like tissue paper (You will never beat edm playing flatfooted defence) and its just so stupid like do you really think your players couldnt play a box +1 or ANYTHING MODERN AT ALL???? ITS NOT 2012 ANYMORE!!!!! Youre playing decade old hockey and still making the playoffs imagine if you were doing something that actually worked against teams that arent just slow or bad. And how can you not see that its bad when every time you get scored on first you lose? Reality is slapping you in the face REPEATEDLY for YEARS and you do NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!! The players dont like it, the fans dont like it, other teams dont like it, other teams fans dont like it. WHO ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR???? I love Quinton Byfield tho so at least theres that.
27:04 - Bringing up Boston as a counterpoint to Tampa Bay’s low-tax situation WITHOUT noting the…prominent tax structure of Massachusetts was a genuine surprise.
I love the Jets. That was a good assessment, as they definitely need to do better in the post season. Winning only 1 playoff game, 2 years in a row is not acceptable. They are like the Western Maple Leafs.
Hawks fan here. We definitely need another scorer to take some heat/pressure off Bedard. However we also need to vastly improve our defense. Loving the old school Canucks jersey. Wish they used that all the time.
Hawks need to add about 3 forward lines of NHL caliber players, a completely revamped blue line and an actual goaltender. They have no assets besides Bedard and draft picks. Gonna be a pretty long rebuild.
The Ducks and Kings are going to have new uniforms next season. The Kings are going retro as well as the Ducks but Anaheim is doing a modernized Mighty Duck logo
I do have to ask, why make a 'what i think of 24-25' before even the draft and free agency? So SO much will change between then and then! Curious though, how does Ottawa's acquisition of Ullmark change your thoughts on them?
Agree on Sullivan. Let him stay as long as he's working on making the players he has as competitive as possible. That said, we do need to turn that roster over a bit.
I think the thing that really sets this Rangers team apart is their ability to dig deep and find ways to win. Sure, a lot of that depends on Shesterkin keeping them in the game when they are being outplayed; but, by the end of the game they most often manage to notch one in the win column. They often seem to win games through sheer determination.
What about a video about NHL scouts? It’s easy to check my team’s drafting on HockeyDB. I wonder why in some years past almost nobody from our picks gets a look. Like who drafted that guy and why? I don’t expect an answer but some scouts must be worth paying $$$ for and no cap hit for the team.
As a Minnesota fan I think one of our biggest issues this season was defense. Spurgeon was injured for nearly the entire season and Brodin missed a good chunk of games as well and it really hurt the team. And while Brock Faber emerged as a stud defenseman, he can't carry the load by himself every single game. A healthy Spurgeon and Brodin will likely help the team win more games next season. Also, I think Guerin should think about trading Filip Gustavsson because if Wallstedt is going to be the future starting goalie than he really should be playing more games with the big club next season. Guerin just re-signed Fleury to a 1 year contract so to me it only makes sense to trade Gustavsson and go with Fleury and Wallstedt as the goalie tandem. As far as coaching goes, I'm not to crazy about Hynes given he doesn't have a very good track record of making the playoffs. I'd rather have Gerard Gallant or Todd McLellan as coach.
I think the biggest problem is MLSE, why is it that Shanahan is still there despite all the first round exits. Also I find the term core 4 dumb: 4 forwards don’t make up a team, it’s a team game.
Jets fan here. you're right, hellebuyck was shit in the playoffs. In the regular season if Hellebuyck was off, Brossoit would get a game, and it'd motivate hellebuyck to play well the next game. coach decided to double- and triple-down on hellebuyck despite actually BAD play at times. when we needed saves, particular 3rd period saves, he didn't give us that. and the coach didn't give us Brossoit. He also didn't give us our #6 scorer (cole perfetti) til game 5. Coaching in the playoffs is all about how you react and adjust to an opponent that is reacting and adjusting to you. colorado adjusted their play to us, and the jets did not adjust at all. saying things like "we just gotta focus on our game". Now we're sitting here wondering if we're gonna get the exact same thing coaching-wise from Arniel that we got from Bowness.
Agree about Hellebuyck. I've always thought that he performed horribly every play-offs since 2019. Always seemed like he was trying to do everything and it cost him and the Jets some very bad goals. I also thought they'd never win a cup with him because of that mentality. It was very refreshing to hear him basically own up to that behaviour this past locker cleanout day, and acknowledge that he needs to change that behaviour and trust his teammates. During the playoffs or big regular season games I winced every time I saw him leave the net to play the puck -- that always lead to some very bad goals.
Who cares. They got run over. Beat. Jets need to due what Dallas and NYR do and give the goalie a chance to be a star. Can the jets play to their strength. Need to strengthen the right side D.
Im an habs fan and i love our rebuild, our young player are impressive and are flashy, kent huges made good trades (even tho i liked monahan) anyway the future look bright!
Hey! No clue if you read those, but have been watching the channel for a while! If (and it's a big if) Martin St-Louis doesn't prove to be the guy yo lead montreal to a cup, do you think Tortorella has what it takes to make it in Montreal? One of the toughest coaches in the league, and yet I think that city is stronger than him... Would be great to have your in-depth analysis of the Montreal rebuild, as well as others
pretty amazing the Rangers are one of 11 teams since 2018-19 to have over .600 win% considering Feb 2018 is when they sent out the letter and officially started their rebuild...and they had Quinn and Gallant as coaches for the next five years lol....
Bruins have the highest regular season point % since 2018 and have only been to the 3rd round of the playoffs once. That’s why Boston fans don’t like Don Sweeney and feel that it’s time for a change.
As a jets fan, I felt Hely didn’t LOOK good on numerous occasions against Avs where he got caught wildly out of position. Now it could be that the Avs being so incredibly fast somewhat shredded the Jets defence and Hely was attempting to compensate. All I know is that in those instances he didn’t LOOK like a proficient goalie because as the puck was about to enter the net, he, uncharacteristically, had zero chance to prevent that. I agree Jets are a really good regular season team that needs to learn to get good in the playoffs.
The whole business with the jazz logo for Utah is hilarious. They’re only called the jazz because originally they were in New Orleans. Once they moved to Utah, they really should’ve changed their name.
The reason us Oilers fans don’t like Ken Holland is he’s been given more than enough to have at least a pair of cups by now, but he throws it all away constantly. He also can’t draft at all.
"Doug Armstrong pretty bullet proof in st.louis" Yeah try telling the average blues fan that. Everywhere I see to look its "DA should be fired for this move or that signing."
No doubt, if it was up to Blues fans, he’d be gone. But from the sounds of things, the ownership group is standing behind DA’s “process.” That could be because the ticket sales have remained steady so far.
I’m in the shrinking camp of Blues fans that still has full faith in DA. Looking around the league, there have been many teams in much more desperate situations with much heavier anchors. The Blues had zero expectations this year and they still managed to play meaningful hockey in April.
Lots of irate Bruins fans calling for the heads of Neely, Sweeney and Montgomery. Apparently they all forgot who owns the team. The Jacobs family runs the team fairly pragmatically without over reacting to the teams struggles. Given the year they had, firings were never on the table. Boston fans in general are championship or bust but the Jacobs family does not look at it the same way.
I think the Utah AHL affiliate should be in either Provo Utah or Cheyenne Wyoming. Both relatively close to Salt Lake. Somewhere in Idaho or Montana would work too
The fact that bednar never got the jack Adam's love he deserved always bothered me, and now it is highly unlikely he will ever get that recognition behind the bench for the Avs is unlikely
And this kids is how the hockey guy became the basketball guy Jokes aside it would be nice to see something as to what Utah gonna go with as logo and name
The only good thing about being a Sabres fan is that Buffalo starts with B and you don’t have to wait long to hear someone tell you they are terrible.
Sad but true..Go Sabres
And with Arizona moving to Utah, we have to wait even less now!
I would’ve switched teams. Dealing with ownership is too much sometimes and feeling happiness is worth it. Buffalo will NEVER find success.
They gotta make the playoffs this year, they were so close last year
@@ipogodracolich958 and the year before that. But all you can do is hope. Go Sabres and praise our savior Lindy Ruff.
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The hilarious thing with the Lindy Ruff hiring in Buffalo is everyone yelled, "nostalgia hire!" and Kevyn Adams assured the fanbase it was not a nostalgia hire. Terry Pegula then proceeded to go on a nostalgia-rambled speech at the introductory conference, and Kevyn looked like he wanted to die. Fun times here in Buffalo!
Whether it was a nostalgia hire or not at least Ruff is a good coach.
Kevyn beat Lindy as a player for the cup in ‘06. Lindy IS Buffalo. He is a great coach. I think it’s a good move. As a Canes fan…I predict Buffalo replaces the Canes in next years playoffs.
@@steppingtotheam281 oh, you are too kind. I love my Sabres, but I don’t see the Canes fading that quickly that far.
Ruff will be as good as his assistants allow him to be. Be prepared for nonsensical defensive pairings, though. He continually ignored advice from the front office to stop pairing Luke Hughes with Brendan Smith.
Even if we never make the playoffs again, I still love the Sabres. Ruff is not a bad coach my any means, but I feel Terry Pegula has his fingers in the pie way too much. He needs to let people who know hockey make decisions; not him or his wife. The Pegulas do NOT know hockey.
If there is something good in Buffalo, we haven’t found it in 13 years. Sabres fans just have to find ANYTHING positive during this eternal rebuild.
As a Seattle fan, I will take these first three years with really no issue. Considering there are teams out there who have struggled for several years and some close to ten years, I am not worried. We got some great prospects and if we can get a top notch goal scorer, I think we will be right back in the playoff hunt.
Also we need goals from that 4th line losing Sprong and even Geekie hurt us. We need that Canada Tanev and Kartye to step up this season
Hardest working whiteboard in the world
I'm really interested to see how Ruff does in Buffalo and how Keefe does in New Jersey.
Call me crazy but I think both ruff and keefe make the playoffs this year I think they were both overly criticized for the job they did this year
I remember when no one wanted to play the 3 calforina teams ducks sharks and kings from 2006 to 2015 the pacific division used to a tough one now it's changed alot.
The second coming of the California Gauntlet must return!
perfect monday content thank you
Excited to continue to watch you through the post season. Got big into the nitty gritty of the league after finding your channel. Excited to finally not feel lost with all the moves that happen over the summer.
LOVE that salmon-red jersey!
One of the NHL's first alternate sweaters.
I had a really nice hat that had the colour scheme and I wore it EVERYDAY until it was tattered and torn... and I wasn't even a Canucks fan lol
@@ThirdEye3pic I wish I could wear hats. Whenever I put one on I go from being a 40 year old who looks 25 to someone who looks 12. I just cant do that haha.
Just looked at the 1987-1988 season. The Oilers won the cup on May25..The season was Oct6-May25...It would be nice for the NHL to get back to a reasonable schedule...
Well the season got kind of longer and the nhlpa wanted fewer back to backs.
@@JarradBruessel32I kind of hope the NHL starts earlier instead of ending later then
@@protoman1365 The league seems to be trying not to play games before the end of the baseball season.
I wish the regular season would start latest on October 5th and the final Cup game clinched on June 10th latest. I would prefer it ended before June 1st but with 32 teams now and 82 games per team, it would be not possible.
I think we could back off to 72 or even 76 regular season games - that would move things ahead a few weeks. But I suspect it is the TV advertising money that will keep us at 82, which is too long.
Cool video Mr. Hockey Guy, now I'm waiting for the Dishonest Opinions video
What an amazing video! Compliments, Hockey Guy!
What was so irritating about the Green hire was that no only did they choose the worst possible coach out of the bunch, the decision was so quick. It was as if they were dying to give the coach who finished under DJ Smith in the bubble season a shot. Boudreau wants to coach again. Keefe got fired. What's "best in class here"? This is just gonna send Brady packing and the franchise into another rebuild.
Winnipeg chooses Scott Arniel as their new Head Coach…Claude Noel wasn’t available to try again, how about Ralph Krueger? 🙄
@@GizmoBeach arneil was the assistant already in winnipeg. You get good continuity there.
@@GizmoBeach Former cup winner claude julien was straight up asking for the job lol Tkachuk is gonna be the next Jack Eichel
Sometimes it’s not about being the “best” coach but the best fit
my feelings as a devils fan last year
These are my favorite vids by Shannon. I watch them all, but lists are always fun.
So happy I found this gem of a RUclips channel
Leafs and Flames fan, but I can always appreciate a good fit. Looking good dude
I like and agree with the insight given by Shannon on most of these teams. My only suggestion for a video like this in the future would be a final verdict that summarizes each team's direction after the overall opinion is shared.
Are they trending upward, downward or middling?
Crazy how he can sit there and tell lies. We all know he actually hates my team
He is standing.
Here before the sound gang
Get excited when I see youve posted a new vid. Thanks for all the effort put in man!
Fun fact about Dougie Hamilton he’s only played 3 years for each team he’s been with in the NHL. New Jersey would be the first to see him have year 4.
I love the 32 teams content. It shows how rounded Shannon is and encourages hockey fans to watch teams another than their own.
State of the league by THG i love it. his profound knowledge of every team is shining in this video.
the GM-Coach pairing for every team is very under rated, it shows stablilty and growth (or lack of) for teams rebuilding. Detroit, Montreal and Chicago's pairing have a stable path ahead of them while Buffalo, Ottawa and Calgary have a lot of stability uncertainty.
Enjoyed your video as usual. Really hope the NHL doesn't expand any further. There IS such a thing as over-expanding your franchises to the point where your business is too big for its own good. And as stupid as this sounds, 32 franchises is a satisfying number. It's perfectly binary and fills 4 divisions compactly. Where does the NHL need to expand that hasn't been tried already? Leave it alone.
How can you rate Pittsburgh a 7/10 when they're a team that has missed the playoffs two straight seasons?
They have 3 cups in last 16 years that’s 1 in 5 cups they won. Thats a good franchise
Sidney Crosby has gotten the penguins three Stanley cups I think missing the postseason for two seasons isn’t that bad based on their situation try being a rangers fan like me when I had to watch the greatest ranger goalie in 2014 lose to the kings and consistently choking in ecf since 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Holland walked into a great situation after trashing the Wings.
Looking forward to seeing the Jets improve.
It's surprising that Arniel hasn't been a HC before now
Thanks for the extra devils coverage. Lgd lmao
The jets looked like an average team in late October when Bones took a break to be with his Wife after her health concerns, and that 3-4 week gap where Arniel filled in is where the Jets really found their identity, started winging strong, and was playing very well together.
I like Arniel's more aggressive style, as Bones was often too plain/conservative for my likin.
Looking forward to see the team that Chevy and Scott will ice next season.
Not thrilled about Arniel. And i have to agree with THG, hellebuyk did not play his best and looked like a fish out of water for some goals that shouldve been saved.
I'll give Arniel a chance, but not expecting a lot.
You should check out what Mike Commodore says about Arniel on The leaf Podcast. He doesn't like him.
@@larshader9265he’s not the best judge that’s for sure
0:38 Utah Jazz nice an NBA reference to tie in the winter sports.
Great video Shannon
Sabres fan saying buffalo is gonna be close with Bryam Quinn and ruff for a full year now plus they got so many prospects
i want the devils to be good again hopefully fitz brings in good additions this off season
Goalie and grit. Skilled grit, not another MacDermid
@@tehbeernerd not a fan of that signing but i guess he’s a huge locker room guy
For the oilers, it helps ken holland that he had 2 of the top 5 players in the entire world already there and under contract.
Yes, that was helpful, but any GM needs to add pieces around those guys in order to play for Stanley. One line does not get you there. Lot of people knock the Oilers for poor defence, awful goaltending, bad player development, no depth, yada yada yada. Yet, they're a final four team this year and a heartbeat away from playing for the Cup. That didn't happen by magic. A lot of shrewd moves had to be made. Some bad moves and a lot of excellent decisions.
If Buffalo and Ottawa don't upgrade their goaltending and bring in the right veterans (not just stop gap players who have played a lot of games) they're probably in the same place again next season. The desperate need to upgrade goaltending is a common NHL problem, partly due to Hockey Canada spending too much money covering up scandals and not enough supporting the development of the next generation of goalies. The Oilers and Maple Leafs are like funhouse mirror images of each other, in terms of weaknesses on the blueline, goaltending, and depth, but one team's top players seem to do a lot better in the playoffs.
No shot I got the Dan Byslma notification as you were talking about Seattle
I’m excited about the next season in Anaheim. It’s time to see which young defensemen are ready to come up. And the forward situation is doing ok, just need to assemble some lines that can stay together long enough to build some chemistry.
The Jets didn't really get going this season until Arniel was running the show during Bone's time with his wife. I know alot of people who didn't want the Jets to pick him as the next coach, but I'm curious if the Jets would have had a better result - and no annual post-all-star lull - if Bone's retired to stay with the family and Ariel took over the head coach for the entire season.
I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Nashville fan here! Proud of what we did this year. What you said about the team getting a little bit worse really felt like the truth. I hope Brunette and Trotz can get us back to where we can win a series. Barry Trotz goes to my church, too.
Nashville is an amazing franchise.
For Carolina Hurricanes, from living here in Raleigh, you had it right on Rod being loved. I and I think majority of NC folks love Rod.
I for one think in fairly near future Rods gonna be much more well known and appreciated.
6:56 The other version of this that I love is "You can't fire me, I quit!"
Love your wearing the salmon jersey
One of the NHL's first alternate sweaters.
Detroit got screwed in the "tie breaker". Yes- it's their own fault they didn't win one more game ... But NEVER have I heard of a "tie breaker" that rewards losses over WINS.
As a Detroiter, thank you for taking responsibility for our team's woes. It's so hurtful seeing what the team's been considering where they were in the 90s and 00s.
18:09 "Deja vu" is very strong with this one :)
Lamoriello's fault
Only thing stopping NJ from being back in the playoffs is Fitzy. He needs to get some grit, dont overpay for Markstrom or saros. Go after Ullmark and Gustavsson first and need one LD vet who is a hitter/blocker. Jersey is too analytic heavy thats another reason why fitzy waited too long to do anything, Loads of pressure on Fitzy, i can see it already Fitzy loses the GM role to the assistant Madigan.
God if the Devils got Ullmark id be so happy
Yes, all moves he should've made last year...and the year before...and the year before.
FItz has proven inept and this team will never be a consistent legitimate contender with Fitzgerald as GM.
Until you have a a GM that doesn't punt on entire seasons.
Fitz said last years playoff season was "miraculous" and that "The NHL is hard".
Until you have a GM that expects and demands success NJ will continue to have the same exact problems.
You guys can take Darnell Nurse from us we won't even ask for anything in return!
Kings
Best case scenario- make playoffs, bumped in 1st round
Worst case scenario- the above happens and Kopitar is still 1C, Doughty is still 1RD and Rob Blake is back again in 2025/2026.
So yea, us Kings dans aren’t super excited for our future.
It isn’t really that bad. Byfield looks great, Kempe is the most terrifying player every year in the playoffs, Brandt Clarke is still on the way, and PLD can’t possibly be as bad as he was this season.
All that you guys need is goaltending and those first round series can be way different. As much as I would like to not have to worry about the Kings anymore (every year that the Oilers face them in the first round still gives me the willies), I keep thinking that they aren’t really going anywhere any time soon.
I suspect the issue of varying state income tax rates is often exaggerated. For example, the rate in Massachusetts is only 5%. The accountants and financial advisers available to multimillionaires should be able to overcome this small difference if a player chooses Boston over Dallas or a Florida team. (Keep in mind that states with low state taxes tend to have high local property taxes, which shouldn't be surprising.) On the other hand, the taxes in the 3 highest states--California (14.63%), New Jersey (11.8%), New York (11.7%)--might dissuade some players from signing there.
Why is it so high in Jersey?
@@xlr0gd205 Urban states need more tax revenue to pay for expensive infrastructure (New Jersey is the most densely populated state). Large, rural states might have low state taxes because the few roads are maintained by county taxes. I live in Rhode Island, the second-most densely populated state. Our state tax rate (5.99%) is not as high as I thought, because every so often, one of those lists of states with the highest tax or debt burdens is published. They always list Rhode Island as among the worst, but we're so small we have no county government (beside courthouses) and therefore no county taxes or debt. I've never understood why everything is so expensive in California, even compared to other states with large cities.
@@JPMadden California is explained by perpetual stupidity and corruption
Another thousand! Whoo Hoo! - 318K Subs
"People have a lot of opinions about Vegas." Stuff like this makes me love being a VGK fan.
Who wins a playoff series first? Anaheim - Utah - Montreal - San Jose
I would say utah
Utah
First things first those 4 teams have to get there
Sharks low key
Holland has been hand cuffed by Chairelli ever since he took the job.
He was in on Zadorov, Tanev, Soucey, Myers, Markstrom, none of whom wanted to come to Edmonton.
Yes Holland has had some misses but overall has been great given Edmonton's specific situation.
I think too many Oiler fans play NHL GM mode and think they could do better.
I don't know that those are misses so much as didn't like the price so opted out of those trades. Unless it is that you're talking about signings, and even then it's the price again, and bullets dodged. I don't know that adding any of those players to the Oilers current roster moves the needle at all.
Holland has been dreadful with drafting and development
@@tehbeernerd This is true, but the Oilers have been terrible at drafting and developing players prior to Holland.
Needless to say, Holland took a garbage Oilers squad with mcdavid and draisatl and brought them to 2 conference finals appearances in his 5 years there, the ekholm trade is one of the best trades in the NHL in the last how many years, the Hyman signing easily one of the best free agent signings in recent memory, bolstered the depth of the team or should I say actually got depth on this team. I’m a big Ken Holland fan here, the best GM this team has had in years. And Detroit fans think he messed their team up, after delivering 3 Stanley cups, or was it 4?
I'm so freaking jealous of your jersey collection...I only have like 20 and 5 of them are autographed
Blake is spinning the wheel for sure on DuBois. But I can understand not wanting to buy out that contract and giving him another year to realize his potential, because the way it stands now a buyout means keeping a pretty big anchor on the cap for a LONG time.
The kings are so annoying right now genuinely all of the pieces are there good veteran players, talented young guys, strong though not excellent goaltending but they just insist on forcing 1-3-1 hockey against teams that tear through the trap like tissue paper (You will never beat edm playing flatfooted defence) and its just so stupid like do you really think your players couldnt play a box +1 or ANYTHING MODERN AT ALL???? ITS NOT 2012 ANYMORE!!!!! Youre playing decade old hockey and still making the playoffs imagine if you were doing something that actually worked against teams that arent just slow or bad. And how can you not see that its bad when every time you get scored on first you lose? Reality is slapping you in the face REPEATEDLY for YEARS and you do NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!! The players dont like it, the fans dont like it, other teams dont like it, other teams fans dont like it. WHO ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR???? I love Quinton Byfield tho so at least theres that.
27:04 - Bringing up Boston as a counterpoint to Tampa Bay’s low-tax situation WITHOUT noting the…prominent tax structure of Massachusetts was a genuine surprise.
I love the Jets. That was a good assessment, as they definitely need to do better in the post season. Winning only 1 playoff game, 2 years in a row is not acceptable. They are like the Western Maple Leafs.
Only with way better fans that are realistic
I have a Zhitnik on my Peca. It's Brown and Woolly.
"Alexi Zhitnik....Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time." (Read in Obi-Wan's voice)
I was in the shower Dilloning my Morgan when I grabbed a razor sharp Scheiffle and chipped my Pionk. It hurt like a Helebuyck
Hawks fan here. We definitely need another scorer to take some heat/pressure off Bedard. However we also need to vastly improve our defense. Loving the old school Canucks jersey. Wish they used that all the time.
Hawks need to add about 3 forward lines of NHL caliber players, a completely revamped blue line and an actual goaltender. They have no assets besides Bedard and draft picks. Gonna be a pretty long rebuild.
Here before this becomes an all-time Top 10 THG video again!
The Tanner Jeanott deal was a back breaker. Never panned out. Time to move on, for both parties.
The Ducks and Kings are going to have new uniforms next season. The Kings are going retro as well as the Ducks but Anaheim is doing a modernized Mighty Duck logo
I do have to ask, why make a 'what i think of 24-25' before even the draft and free agency? So SO much will change between then and then!
Curious though, how does Ottawa's acquisition of Ullmark change your thoughts on them?
I'm a cats fan since expansion it's been a long road regardless of what happens this year all the pain was worth it
Shannon there is something good in Buffalo I agree. Those delicious buffalo wings!
As a Sabres fan there’s this feeling I have that this next season will finally be the end of the drought.
Agree on Sullivan. Let him stay as long as he's working on making the players he has as competitive as possible. That said, we do need to turn that roster over a bit.
Love it Let’s go!
I think the thing that really sets this Rangers team apart is their ability to dig deep and find ways to win.
Sure, a lot of that depends on Shesterkin keeping them in the game when they are being outplayed; but,
by the end of the game they most often manage to notch one in the win column.
They often seem to win games through sheer determination.
Lou Lamourello also has this tendency to hire coaches who either coached or played in Montreal (Lemaire, Robinson, Julien, Burns, Roy)
As a wings fan, I forgive you. You are very entertaining to watch!
What about a video about NHL scouts? It’s easy to check my team’s drafting on HockeyDB. I wonder why in some years past almost nobody from our picks gets a look. Like who drafted that guy and why? I don’t expect an answer but some scouts must be worth paying $$$ for and no cap hit for the team.
As a Minnesota fan I think one of our biggest issues this season was defense. Spurgeon was injured for nearly the entire season and Brodin missed a good chunk of games as well and it really hurt the team. And while Brock Faber emerged as a stud defenseman, he can't carry the load by himself every single game. A healthy Spurgeon and Brodin will likely help the team win more games next season. Also, I think Guerin should think about trading Filip Gustavsson because if Wallstedt is going to be the future starting goalie than he really should be playing more games with the big club next season. Guerin just re-signed Fleury to a 1 year contract so to me it only makes sense to trade Gustavsson and go with Fleury and Wallstedt as the goalie tandem. As far as coaching goes, I'm not to crazy about Hynes given he doesn't have a very good track record of making the playoffs. I'd rather have Gerard Gallant or Todd McLellan as coach.
Bring the NHL back to Minnesota !!!
Always good when it's my NYR turn and...nothing bad to say! We'll take it! 😄
Leafs' problem is Shanahan.
Nobody can fix what he's done. Leafs are not improving for many years if ever
I think the biggest problem is MLSE, why is it that Shanahan is still there despite all the first round exits.
Also I find the term core 4 dumb: 4 forwards don’t make up a team, it’s a team game.
@@xSG199x What were his qualifications in the first place?
If everything works well with the rebuild. St. Louis has some amazing talent coming up in the next 2 years.
Jets fan here. you're right, hellebuyck was shit in the playoffs. In the regular season if Hellebuyck was off, Brossoit would get a game, and it'd motivate hellebuyck to play well the next game. coach decided to double- and triple-down on hellebuyck despite actually BAD play at times. when we needed saves, particular 3rd period saves, he didn't give us that. and the coach didn't give us Brossoit. He also didn't give us our #6 scorer (cole perfetti) til game 5. Coaching in the playoffs is all about how you react and adjust to an opponent that is reacting and adjusting to you. colorado adjusted their play to us, and the jets did not adjust at all. saying things like "we just gotta focus on our game". Now we're sitting here wondering if we're gonna get the exact same thing coaching-wise from Arniel that we got from Bowness.
Agree about Hellebuyck. I've always thought that he performed horribly every play-offs since 2019. Always seemed like he was trying to do everything and it cost him and the Jets some very bad goals. I also thought they'd never win a cup with him because of that mentality. It was very refreshing to hear him basically own up to that behaviour this past locker cleanout day, and acknowledge that he needs to change that behaviour and trust his teammates. During the playoffs or big regular season games I winced every time I saw him leave the net to play the puck -- that always lead to some very bad goals.
Who cares. They got run over. Beat. Jets need to due what Dallas and NYR do and give the goalie a chance to be a star. Can the jets play to their strength. Need to strengthen the right side D.
Im an habs fan and i love our rebuild, our young player are impressive and are flashy, kent huges made good trades (even tho i liked monahan) anyway the future look bright!
same, as a habs fan i've never been this optimistic about the future.
Hey! No clue if you read those, but have been watching the channel for a while! If (and it's a big if) Martin St-Louis doesn't prove to be the guy yo lead montreal to a cup, do you think Tortorella has what it takes to make it in Montreal? One of the toughest coaches in the league, and yet I think that city is stronger than him... Would be great to have your in-depth analysis of the Montreal rebuild, as well as others
Nashville and Playoffs: Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in!
pretty amazing the Rangers are one of 11 teams since 2018-19 to have over .600 win% considering Feb 2018 is when they sent out the letter and officially started their rebuild...and they had Quinn and Gallant as coaches for the next five years lol....
Bruins have the highest regular season point % since 2018 and have only been to the 3rd round of the playoffs once. That’s why Boston fans don’t like Don Sweeney and feel that it’s time for a change.
So as Coyotes fan, what team should I root for? I obviously want to watch Utah, but also dont like any other Utah teams in other leagues.
in the words of UrinatingTree, the Wild have perpetually been good, but never good enough
This is basically every team in Minnesota in a nutshell.
Teams that employ Leon Draisaitl, Mitch Marner, Mikko Rantanen should be terrified of the cap space the Wild have coming.
With Hynes you may not even approach that
Perpetually mid*
It would be cool if the Utah Grizzlies become a farm team for Utah. That way fans can see players improve and move up.
As a jets fan, I felt Hely didn’t LOOK good on numerous occasions against Avs where he got caught wildly out of position. Now it could be that the Avs being so incredibly fast somewhat shredded the Jets defence and Hely was attempting to compensate. All I know is that in those instances he didn’t LOOK like a proficient goalie because as the puck was about to enter the net, he, uncharacteristically, had zero chance to prevent that. I agree Jets are a really good regular season team that needs to learn to get good in the playoffs.
The whole business with the jazz logo for Utah is hilarious. They’re only called the jazz because originally they were in New Orleans. Once they moved to Utah, they really should’ve changed their name.
You're wearing my favorite hockey jersey of all-time.
The reason us Oilers fans don’t like Ken Holland is he’s been given more than enough to have at least a pair of cups by now, but he throws it all away constantly. He also can’t draft at all.
That’s the best Canucks jersey in franchise history.
One of the NHL's first alternate sweaters.
My favorite is the first one the stick on the rink 1970-78
"Doug Armstrong pretty bullet proof in st.louis" Yeah try telling the average blues fan that. Everywhere I see to look its "DA should be fired for this move or that signing."
No doubt, if it was up to Blues fans, he’d be gone. But from the sounds of things, the ownership group is standing behind DA’s “process.” That could be because the ticket sales have remained steady so far.
I’m in the shrinking camp of Blues fans that still has full faith in DA. Looking around the league, there have been many teams in much more desperate situations with much heavier anchors. The Blues had zero expectations this year and they still managed to play meaningful hockey in April.
Great video! Video like this would be nice to have timestamps
Lots of irate Bruins fans calling for the heads of Neely, Sweeney and Montgomery. Apparently they all forgot who owns the team. The Jacobs family runs the team fairly pragmatically without over reacting to the teams struggles. Given the year they had, firings were never on the table. Boston fans in general are championship or bust but the Jacobs family does not look at it the same way.
I think the Utah AHL affiliate should be in either Provo Utah or Cheyenne Wyoming. Both relatively close to Salt Lake. Somewhere in Idaho or Montana would work too
Provo would be perfect for them. An in-area ahl teams easy replacement players during emergencies.
tampa mentioned go bolts
The fact that bednar never got the jack Adam's love he deserved always bothered me, and now it is highly unlikely he will ever get that recognition behind the bench for the Avs is unlikely
Buffalo: Get new ownership that cares about actually improving, or be stuck drafting the next Zach Benson at 12th for the next decade.
Pegula is the worst owner in the NHL.
@@axe2grind244well ya he hired Tim Murray and Jason botterill
Remember, without Terry P the Sabres were gone. So he’s the worst owner ever (Sabres) but a success with the Bills, Bandits, Amerks. Got it.
@@axe2grind244 Some people in Arizona might beg to differ.
Pegula is not going to sell and no one can force him too.
And this kids is how the hockey guy became the basketball guy
Jokes aside it would be nice to see something as to what Utah gonna go with as logo and name